A company is deciding whether or not to hire a new worker. The company must pay the worker hourly and cover a daily cost for insurance. The cost to pay an hourly worker for one day is represented by the function y = 8x + 25, where x is hours.

Question

What is the y-intercept, and what does it represent?

8; it represents the hourly wage for the worker
8; it represents the cost for insurance
25; it represents the cost for insurance
25; it represents the hourly wage for the worker

is it d

Answer 1

when x=0, the worker has zero hours.

So, the y-intercept is the cost of the insurance only.

when x=0, 8x+25=25, so the choice is clearly (c)

Answer 2

yup what steve said.